When you’re at university, your room is your space to call 'home' and where you live can play an important role in making new friends.
There are a lot of benefits to living on-campus at the RAU. You’ll get to know the University, have your lectures on your doorstep and be right in the heart of the action.
We have a mixture of catered and self-catered accommodation with the half board option as standard. The bedrooms are a mixture of standard rooms with shared bathroom facilities and en-suite rooms, and we offer quiet bedrooms for students who prefer a more tranquil environment. Have a look at the halls of residence guide for more details about our halls of residence, accommodation each of them has to offer and the accommodation prices.
Your room will not just be a place to study and sleep, it will be your space to call home and the location will play a key part of meeting new people and making new friends.
Living on-campus is a great way to meet fellow students and to be where the action is, and comes with many benefits such as:
With welfare and pastoral support from tutors, the student services manager, accommodation officer and community assistants. There is always someone on hand in the case of an emergency
Security on-campus to keep you and your belongings safe
Free internet access in all rooms on our main campus
You are close to all campus services. The Tithe Barn and bar, The Restaurant, cafe, library, sports facilities, launderette and university shop
Prices for half board and self-catered accommodation are shown below.
The housekeeping service means your bedroom is cleaned regularly and the communal bathrooms daily
Free parking is available on-campus. Please register your vehicle online using the student portal. Registered vehicles can only be parked on campus in student spaces and is on a first come, first parked basis.
Catering
Half board catering meal options are available as part of your package and additionally lunch is available to purchase in The Restaurant, offering a selection of hot and cold dishes. Catering staff are able to cater for special dietary needs but please advise of your requirements at the time of booking your accommodation.
Accessible rooms
Disabled and neurodivergent students who need a room that is not a standard room type (shared kitchen and bathroom) can contact Student Services StudentServices@rau.ac.uk to enquire about partial funding that may be available due to a disability related need. The University will consider the application and then, if agreed, pay the cost difference between a standard room and the alternative room type, which a disabled student requires to support their disability.
Please share any medical evidence which supports the need for adjustments to standard student accommodation with Student Services StudentServices@rau.ac.uk.
Accommodation application
The Accommodation application portal is now closed for 2026-27, and will be opened in the New Year for 2027-28 accommodation applications.
In order to receive the link to apply for accommodation for September 2027-28, you will need to have firmly accepted a conditional or unconditional offer from the RAU as your first choice.
If you are a postgraduate student planning on joining us on campus in January, please contact accommodation@rau.ac.uk for accommodation availability.
Read more about our residence halls on our main campus and see the price of each.
Contact the accommodation team
You can email us using the link or call us on 01285 652531.
UUK Accommodation Code of Practice
Our halls of residence are compliant with and covered by the Universities UK Accommodation Code of Practice. This code outlines what you should expect from your university managed accommodation and your responsibilities as tenants.
